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Marital rape (non-consensual sexual intercourse in marriage) is not, in and of itself, illegal, but a man who "causes hurt or fear of death or hurt to his wife or any other person in order to have sexual intercourse with his wife" commits a crime under Art 375A of the Penal Code.

The director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania suggests this precedent should cast doubt upon reassurances from politicians that vaccines could be distributed effectively during a pandemic.